See Also: pheno-(medicine)
pheno-(dictionary)
pheno(dictionary)

pheno- (iou)



pheno- combining form. Before a vowel also phen-.
[In sense 1 from French phenyle PHENYL, in sense 2 from Greek phainein to show: see -O-.]
1. Chemistry. Phenyl.
2. Showing, manifesting, as phenocopy, phenotype.
phenocopy noun (Biology) an individual showing features characteristic of a genotype other than its own, but produced environmentally rather than genetically M20.
phenogram noun (Taxonomy) a dendrogram showing phenetic relationships M20.
pheno'safranine noun a synthetic red dye which is used in photography as a desensitizer L19.